King's Company fell into difficulties due to mismanagement, the Duke's Company joined with them to form the United Company in 1682, under the Duke's Company's...
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It existed from 1660 to 1682, when it merged with the Duke's Company to form the United Company. On 21 August 1660, King Charles II granted Thomas Killigrew...
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Sauer Company in 1929. In 1929, the C.F. Sauer Company in Richmond, Virginia, purchased Duke's products and Duke's Mayonnaise became the company's flagship...
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of Duke since 2009, having joined Duke in the 2006 Cinergy merger. Rogers' retirement was part of an agreement to end an investigation into Duke's Progress...
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business name. In 1994, the company was acquired by Pepsi, which relaunched the Duke's brand in 2011 through its Indian subsidiary. Duke and Sons was founded...
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London theatre companies throughout her successful career: from 1675 in the Duke's Company, 1682 – 1695 in the monopoly United Company, and from 1695...
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Lisle's Tennis Court (section The Duke's Company)
two companies to perform "legitimate drama" in London: the Duke's Company of his brother, The Duke of York, led by William Davenant, and his company, the...
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1676 she emerged from retirement for one busy year with the Duke's Company. For that company, she played: Octavia in Edward Ravenscroft's The Wrangling...
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institutions of higher learning. Today, Duke University offers the Benjamin Newton Duke Scholars program in honor of Benjamin Duke's life and philanthropy. "The B...
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treason in 1681. It was staged at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company. The original cast included James Nokes as Sir Timothy Treatall, Thomas...
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restoration of the monarchy in 1660, two patent companies (the King's Company and the Duke's Company) were established, and the existing theatrical repertoire...
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Edward Ravenscroft. It was performed at the Dorset Garden Theatre by the Duke's Company. The original cast included Cave Underhill as Wiseacre, James Nokes...
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benefactor of Duke University, Washington Duke (1820–1905), and his second wife, Artelia Roney. Duke's father, Washington, had owned a tobacco company that his...
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London theatres with royal patents were opened: the King's Company and the Duke's Company. This interregnum substantially changed the practice of theatre...
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mismanagement, the Duke's Company joined with them to form the United Company in 1682, managed by the Duke's Company leaders. The United Company began performances...
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The Black Prince. In 1682, when the King's Company joined with the Duke's Company to form the United Company, Hart retired due to poor health, with a pension...
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Restoration comedy (section United Company, 1682–1695)
suffered in 1682 when the more successful Duke's Company absorbed the struggling King's Company to form the United Company. Production of new plays dropped off...
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restoration of the monarchy in 1660, two patent companies—the King's Company and the Duke's Company—were established, and the existing theatrical repertoire...
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine (redirect from Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria)
Ruperta's birth, returning to the stage in 1676 with the prestigious Duke's Company at the Dorset Garden Theatre, near the Strand in London. The next year...
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William Davenant's troupe of actors, the Duke's Company, with the innovation of stage scenery. The Duke's Company have recently moved from the Salisbury...
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from J. B. Duke's holdings in the American Tobacco Company, the precursor of the Duke Power Company. Duke spent her early childhood at Duke Farms, her...
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theatre companies: a King's Company under his own patronage, led by Thomas Killigrew, and a Duke's Company under the patronage of his brother, the Duke of...
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publications of 1682. In London, the King's Company and the Duke's Company join to form the United Company of actors. In Paris, the Bibliothèque Mazarine...
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the restoration of a hydroelectric power generator. The Duke is a sponsor of the NCEA Duke's Secondary School. On 8 April 2014, despite the vast wealth...
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restoration of the monarchy in 1660, two patent companies (the King's Company and the Duke's Company) were established, and the existing theatrical repertoire...
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"little girl" referred to several times in playbills before 1688 for the Duke's Company, where Thomas Betterton was the big star. For this reason it has been...
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Othello to the Duke's residence, where he accuses Othello of seducing Desdemona by witchcraft. Othello defends himself before the Duke of Venice, Brabantio's...
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Theatre (redirect from Theater company)
previous to his reign. In 1660, two companies were licensed to perform, the Duke's Company and the King's Company. Performances were held in converted...
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retired from the stage in 1682, when the King's Company joined with the Duke's Company to form the United Company. He had trouble obtaining his pension; his...
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Fields in 1661, Davenant, the patentee of the Duke's Company, engaged Betterton and all Rhodes's company to play in his The Siege of Rhodes. Also in 1661...
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